Jalandhar, Feb. 21 -- The Enforcement Directorate filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) against four persons in Jalandhar's special PMLA court on Friday in the money laundering case linked to the digital arrest of Ludhiana-based industrialist SP Oswal.

Oswal, chairman of the Vardhman Group, was put under digital arrest in August 2023 by fraudsters who posed as officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and allegedly extorted Rs.7 crore from him.

The ED probe stems from the FIR registered by the Cyber Crime police station, Ludhiana. Nine additional FIRs related to cybercrime or digital arrest involving the same group were also included in the investigation.

The federal agency has primarily named four accused, including ...